Mandy Slate, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Improving restoration and conservation outcomes.
Email: slate.41@osu.edu
Google Scholar Profile || CV
Research Group Members:
Megan McGroarty, Lab Manager
Email: mcgroarty.7@osu.edu
Addie Schlussel, Master’s Student
Research Interests: Seedling Ecophysiology and Restoration
Email: schlussel.4@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Padmore Adu-Antwi, PhD Student
Email: aduantwi.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Cecilia Sahnow, PhD Student
Research Interests: Bryophytes!!
Email: sahnow.1@osu.edu
Grace Gutierrez, Master’s Student
Co-advised with Steve Hovick
Email: gutierrez.272@osu.edu
Dillon Skinn, 4th Year Undergraduate Lab Technician
Environmental Science Major with a specialization in Molecular Sciences, and Minors in Evolution and Ecology and Economics
Research Interest: Plant-microbial interactions, chemical ecology, nutrient cycling, plant and fungal ecology, and disturbance ecology
Email: skinn.14@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Andrew Currens, 3rd Year Undergraduate Lab Technician
Biology Major, Graduating 2027
Research Interests: Wetlands Restoration and Plant Functional Traits
Email: currens.14@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Anna Elfers, 2nd Year Undergraduate Lab Technician
Environmental Science Major
Research Interests: Ecological Restoration, Sustainable Agriculture, Urban Ecology, Climate Change
Email: elfers.14@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Josephine Zotter, 4th Year Undergraduate Lab Technician
Zoology Major
Research Interest: Restoration, Conservation, Genetics, and Genomics
Email: zotter.6@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Halo Wood, Undergraduate Researcher
Lab Alumni:
Margaux Thompson, Lab Manager
McKenzie Dorrell, Undergraduate Lab Technician
Ayah Osman, Undergraduate Lab Technician
Zoe Shive, Undergraduate Lab Technician
Merritt Smith, Undergraduate Lab Technician
Please see the “Join the Lab” page if you are interested in working with us!